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Strong gravitational lenses with measured time delay are a powerful tool to measure cosmological parameters, especially the Hubble constant ($H_0$). Recent studies show that by combining just three multiply-imaged AGN systems, one can…

Context. Time delay lensing is a powerful tool to measure the Hubble constant $H_0$. In order to obtain an accurate estimate of $H_0$ from a sample of time delay strong lenses, however, it is necessary to have a very good knowledge of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Alessandro Sonnenfeld

The Hubble constant value is currently known to 10% accuracy unless assumptions are made for the cosmology (Sandage et al. 2006). Gravitational lens systems provide another probe of the Hubble constant using time delay measurements.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-01 G. Gürkan , N. Jackson , I. W. A. Browne , L. V. E. Koopmans , C. D. Fassnacht , A. Berciano Alba

Strong gravitational lensing forms multiple, time delayed images of cosmological sources, with the "focal length" of the lens serving as a cosmological distance probe. Robust estimation of the time delay distance can tightly constrain the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 Alireza Hojjati , Eric V. Linder

Time delays between lensed multiple images have been known to provide an interesting probe of the Hubble constant, but such application is often limited by degeneracies with the shape of lens potentials. We propose a new statistical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Masamune Oguri

Multiply lensed sources experience a relative time delay in the arrival of photons. This effect can be used to measure absolute distances and the Hubble constant ($H_0$) and is known as time-delay cosmography. The methodology is independent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-07 S. Birrer , M. Millon , D. Sluse , A. J. Shajib , F. Courbin , L. V. E. Koopmans , S. H. Suyu , T. Treu

Multiply imaged time-variable sources can be used to measure absolute distances as a function of redshifts and thus determine cosmological parameters, chiefly the Hubble Constant H$_0$. In the two decades up to 2020, through a number of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 T. Treu , S. H. Suyu , P. J. Marshall

There are now 10 firm time delay measurements in gravitational lenses. The physics of time delays is well understood, and the only important variable for interpreting the time delays to determine H_0 is the mean surface mass density <k> (in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. S. Kochanek , P. L. Schechter

The time delay between the arrival of photons of multiple images of time variable sources can be used to constrain absolute distances in the Universe (Refsdal 1964), and in turn obtain a direct estimate of the Hubble constant and other…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Simon Birrer , Tommaso Treu

Time-delay strong lensing provides a unique way to directly measure the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$). The precision of the $H_{0}$ measurement depends on the uncertainties in the time-delay measurements, the mass distribution of the main…

Lens time delays are a powerful probe of cosmology, provided that the gravitational potential of the main deflector can be modeled with sufficient precision. Recent work has shown that this can be achieved by detailed modeling of the host…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 Xiao-Lei Meng , Tommaso Treu , Adriano Agnello , Matthew W. Auger , Kai Liao , Philip J. Marshall

For the quadruple gravitational lens PG 1115+080, we combine recent measurements of the time delays with new lens models to determine the Hubble constant H_0. We explore the effects of systematic uncertainties in the lens models on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 C. R. Keeton , C. S. Kochanek

Measurements of The Hubble-Lemaitre constant from early- and local-universe observations show a significant discrepancy. In an attempt to understand the origin of this mismatch, independent techniques to measure H0 are required. One such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Nan Li , Christoph Becker , Simon Dye

The importance of alternative methods for measuring the Hubble constant, such as time-delay cosmography, is highlighted by the recent Hubble tension. It is paramount to thoroughly investigate and rule out systematic biases in all…

Time delay lensing is a mature and competitive cosmological probe. However, it is limited in accuracy by the well-known problem of the mass-sheet degeneracy: too rigid assumptions on the density profile of the lens can potentially bias the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 Alessandro Sonnenfeld

Time delays in strong gravitational lensing systems possess significant complementarity with distance measurements to determine the dark energy equation of state, as well as the matter density and Hubble constant. Time delays are most…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-04 Eric V. Linder

Strong lensing time delays can measure the Hubble constant H$_0$ independent of any other probe. Assuming commonly used forms for the radial mass density profile of the lenses, a 2\% precision has been achieved with 7 Time-Delay Cosmography…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Simon Birrer , Tommaso Treu

While the Hubble constant can be derived from observable time delays between images of lensed quasars, the result is often highly sensitive to assumptions and systematic uncertainties in the lensing model. Unlike most previous authors we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 HongSheng Zhao , Danny Pronk

Strongly lensed explosive transients such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, fast radio bursts, and gravitational waves are very promising tools to determine the Hubble constant ($H_0$) in the near future in addition to strongly lensed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-11 Xuheng Ding , Kai Liao , Simon Birrer , Anowar J. Shajib , Tommaso Treu , Lilan Yang

Strong-lensing time delays enable measurement of the Hubble constant ($H_{0}$) independently of other traditional methods. The main limitation to the precision of time-delay cosmography is mass-sheet degeneracy (MSD). Some of the previous…

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